102 MEDICAL AID [PART I. 



At our arrival on the beach we were welcomed 

 with a salute of musketry, which continued until 

 we entered the fencings of the pa. 



All the people of the village were assembled ; and 

 though grief was expressed in every face, they re- 

 ceived us with the greatest kindness and attention, 

 and we were obliged to shake hands with everybody. 

 They regarded us as friends and allies, for we had 

 brought with us from Te-awa-iti some of their rela- 

 tions ; and when they saw the medical men of our 

 party giving assistance to the wounded, their con- 

 fidence and gratitude were unbounded. Some of the 

 women gave themselves up to violent expressions of 

 grief, cutting their faces, arms, and legs, with broken 

 muscle-shells, and inflicting deep gashes, from which 

 the blood flowed profusely. We had brought with 

 us E Patu, the son of a chief in East Bay, whose 

 uncle had been killed in the battle. We found the 

 widow standing on the roof of a hut, deploring in a 

 low strain the loss of her husband. When E Patu 

 approached she threw herself upon the ground, and, 

 lying at his feet, related to him, in a funeral song, 

 how great had been their happiness, how flourish- 

 ing were their plantations, until the Nga-te-raukaua 

 had destroyed their peace and bereft her of her 

 husband. During this time E Patu stood before 

 her, convulsively throwing his arms backwards and 

 forwards, and joining in her lamentations. 



An old woman, bent down under the burden of 

 many years, had her arms and face frightfully cut ; 



